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The Pilgrim’s Guide to Success
I’ve been looking for meaningful full-time work since crash-landing in Philadelphia in August. After living in Boston for eight years ...
JOFA Campus Leaders Shabbaton: A Weekend of Solidarity
The experience of being a self-identifying Orthodox Feminist Jewish woman on a college campus can be simultaneously empowering and alienating. ...
Love and Pudding Pie
My mom was always baking when I was growing up. Nothing complicated, in fact, quite the opposite: leftover slices of ...
Five Ways the Super Bowl is like Online Judaism
As a rabbi of an online congregation, I am often asked about whether people have “real” Jewish experiences online. Some ...
Balanced Like the Trees
“He (Moses) said: “If you will listen diligently to the voice of HaShem, your God, and you will do what ...
King (Cakes) & Queen (Esther)
If you’ve never lived in the South, you might not be familiar with King Cakes. The brightly colored yellow-green-and-purple treats ...
Homemade Granola Bars for Tu Bishvat
Tu Bishvat is not the holiday that commemorates the destruction of the temple; that’s Tisha B’Av, though I understand why ...
My Four-Year-Old Just Lit Shabbat Candles for the First Time
“Tzi-tzit tzitzit tzitzit, where are you today? I need you for a bracha, I need you right away!”This was a ...
Bread Machine Challah
When my husband and I first got married and we started to host Shabbat dinner I was determined to make ...
New Year’s Day Lucky Foods: Southern… And Jewish?!
I never thought of the traditional Southern dishes eaten for luck at the New Year as particularly Jewish– certainly not ...
Orange Maple Glazed Salmon
By the time January rolls around it’s time to face the music: we’ve indulged in latkes and sufganiyot (It’s only ...
Welcome 2015 with a Sweet (Potato Challah) Shabbat Treat!
Happy 2015! This year starts on a Thursday, which means the first Shabbat of 2015 is only a day away! ...